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I J. H. DAVIS. PROCESS OF MAKING HANDLES FOR SGISSORS, SHEARS, &c.

No. 453,548. Patented June 2,1891.

NrTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUNIUS ll. DAVIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO DAVIS &GAIII, OF SAME PLACE.

PROCESS OF MAKING HANDLES FOR SCISSORS, SHEARS, 84,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,548, dated June 2,1891. Application filed February 10, I891. Serial No.380,918. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUNIUS II. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia,

and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Processes of Making Handles for Scissors, Shears, &c.;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription m thereof, reference being had to the accompan yingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a plan view of one of the blanks madein accordance with the first step of my process; Fig. 2, a side view ofthe same;

Fig. 3, a plan view of a completed handle made from the blank.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The object of my invention has been to provide an improved processwhereby the handles of scissors, shears, sugar-tongs, and the like, withtheirfinger and thumb loops, can be most easily and cheaply made in fineand ornamental form; and to this end my invention 2 5 consists in theprocess and the parts thereof hereinafter specified.

It has heretofore been the practice in making the handles or finger andthumb pieces for scissors and the like to cast the article with its loopand afterward apply by hand the fine ornamentation, which could not begiven the article in the casting.

The special purpose of my present invention is to provide an improvedway of manu- 3 5 facturing the handles in a finely-ornamented statewithout the necessity of applying the ornamentation in the slow andexpensive way set forth above.

Vith this purpose in view I have invented a process in the carrying outof which a blank,

which can have the desired chasing or configuration given to it byrolling or otherwise, is by an easy and simple manipulation formed intothe complete article, with its finger or a thumb loop, with the leastpossible expenditure of time and labor.

In the drawings there is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a blank A, such as Iuse, and which, while preferably produced by rolling a bar or rod ofsilver or other desired metal, can be otherwise manufactured withoutdeparture from my invention. It has on it all the chasing orornamentation which the finished article is to have, such ornamentationbeing capable of being made most simply and quickly by suitably-formedrolls operating in a manner which will be understood by those familiarwith the rolling out of metal flat-ware articles. The rolls have theircorresponding cavities of such form and configuration as to produce ablank of the desired shape and ap pearance. That shown in the drawingshas the thicker portion a to form the shank of the finished article andthe part a, of which the finger or thumb loop is to be made. This latterpart has the fiat plain face to form the inner side of the loop, and ispreferably "made thinner than the shank a, the fiat face being below theplane of the shank-periphery. The inner end of the shank is beveled off,so as to leave an incline running inward to the fiat side of part a,while the outer end of the latter part is correspondingly beveled in theopposite direction.

\Vith a blank of the form and construction described, having therequired ornamentation or chasing on the shank portion and outer side ofthe loop-making portion, a handle for scissors, shears, &c., with itsfinger or thumb engaging loop, can be easily and quickly So made infinished form by simply bending part at around toward its flattened sideuntil its beveled outer end comes against the beveled part of the shank,with the two inclined surfaces against each other. The blank end is thensoldered to the shank, the beveling off of the contacting portionsmaking it possible for me to make a neat solder joint which shall in noway interfere with or mar the appearance of the finished article,however fine the ornamentation on the blank may be.

As the blanks used can be finely chased and ornamented much morereadily, quickly, and cheaply than the cast handles heretofore made andcan be rolled out by machinery with all the desired ornamentation onthem, and the subsequent manipulation to form them into completearticles is simple and capable of being easily and quickly performed,

I am enabled by my process to produce even the finest-ornamented handlesat a very much lower cost than has been heretofore possible.

here, as I prefer, the blanks are stamped or rolled out, no specialskilled labor is needed after the dies or rolls are prepared, as theonly hand-Work needed to complete the article involves merely a bendingof the blank and soldering of its outer end to the shank portion, so asto form a loop of the shape desired.

Having thus described my I claim is 1. The improved process of makinghandles for scissors, shears, and the like, which consists in firstforming a blank of the desired form and configuration, then bending aportion of the same around to form the finger or thumb loop, andfasteningthe end of such portion to the blank-body, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

2. Theimproved process of making handles for scissors, shears, and thelike, which coninvention, What sists in rolling out a blank of thedesired form and configuration, bending a portion of the same around toform the finger or thumb loop, and fastening the end of such portion tothe body of the blank, substantially as shown.

o. Theimproved process of making handles for scissors, shears, and thelike, which consists in rolling out a blank with the desiredornamentation which the finished article is to have, bendinga portion ofthe blank around to form a loop, and soldering the end of such portionto the blank, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

at. In the art of making handles for scissors, shears, and the like, themethod which consists in forming a blank With the part to form the shankof the handle beveled off at its inner end and with the loop-formingportion adapted to be bent around to form the loop, having its outer endbeveled to fit the bevel of the shank portion end when the loop isformed, substantially as set forth.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 20th day of January, A. D. 1891.

JUNIUS H. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

J AMES OoLLrNs JONES, CHARLES C. HEHL.

